Vista - Thumbnail views are wrong

After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the file using
other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no option to
refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.

How do I solve this?

Look in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

You will find a thumbnail cache there.

Set explore to show hidden files and protected OS files


"DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30CBB7C0-E616-4285-9B2D-9D5F14566CAE@microsoft.com...
> After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the file using
> other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no option to
> refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.
>
> How do I solve this?

I found the cache, but it is apparently not the latest data since the file
date on all of the is one week to one month old. Is there another place these
thumbnails are stored?

"Buellpilot" wrote:

>
>
> Look in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
>
> You will find a thumbnail cache there.
>
> Set explore to show hidden files and protected OS files
>
>
> "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30CBB7C0-E616-4285-9B2D-9D5F14566CAE@microsoft.com...
> > After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the file using
> > other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no option to
> > refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.
> >
> > How do I solve this?
>
>
>

In Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools, you can use Disk Cleanup to
remove the Thumbnails cache. It will start over from there.



"DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FDA96E53-6654-4D63-BEC9-648B9548BF49@microsoft.com...
>I found the cache, but it is apparently not the latest data since the file
> date on all of the is one week to one month old. Is there another place
> these
> thumbnails are stored?
>
> "Buellpilot" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Look in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
>>
>> You will find a thumbnail cache there.
>>
>> Set explore to show hidden files and protected OS files
>>
>>
>> "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:30CBB7C0-E616-4285-9B2D-9D5F14566CAE@microsoft.com...
>> > After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the file
>> > using
>> > other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no option
>> > to
>> > refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.
>> >
>> > How do I solve this?
>>
>>
>>

That seems like an awful lot of work to accomplish what the old thumbnail
refresh did in XP. I thought Vista was supposed to be more advanced

Thanks

"dean-dean" wrote:

> In Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools, you can use Disk Cleanup to
> remove the Thumbnails cache. It will start over from there.
>
>
>
> "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FDA96E53-6654-4D63-BEC9-648B9548BF49@microsoft.com...
> >I found the cache, but it is apparently not the latest data since the file
> > date on all of the is one week to one month old. Is there another place
> > these
> > thumbnails are stored?
> >
> > "Buellpilot" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Look in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
> >>
> >> You will find a thumbnail cache there.
> >>
> >> Set explore to show hidden files and protected OS files
> >>
> >>
> >> "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:30CBB7C0-E616-4285-9B2D-9D5F14566CAE@microsoft.com...
> >> > After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the file
> >> > using
> >> > other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no option
> >> > to
> >> > refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.
> >> >
> >> > How do I solve this?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

FYI, the files dated last month were the current thumbnails (cache). Why
Vista does not reflect the latest change to certain files is beyond my
reasoning.

"DBYurtoy" wrote:

> That seems like an awful lot of work to accomplish what the old thumbnail
> refresh did in XP. I thought Vista was supposed to be more advanced
>
> Thanks
>
> "dean-dean" wrote:
>
> > In Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools, you can use Disk Cleanup to
> > remove the Thumbnails cache. It will start over from there.
> >
> >
> >
> > "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:FDA96E53-6654-4D63-BEC9-648B9548BF49@microsoft.com...
> > >I found the cache, but it is apparently not the latest data since the file
> > > date on all of the is one week to one month old. Is there another place
> > > these
> > > thumbnails are stored?
> > >
> > > "Buellpilot" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Look in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
> > >>
> > >> You will find a thumbnail cache there.
> > >>
> > >> Set explore to show hidden files and protected OS files
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:30CBB7C0-E616-4285-9B2D-9D5F14566CAE@microsoft.com...
> > >> > After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the file
> > >> > using
> > >> > other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no option
> > >> > to
> > >> > refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.
> > >> >
> > >> > How do I solve this?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >

Frankly, I don't know how the whole thumbnail thing works in Vista. I don't
do much image manipulation, errr, any, so I haven't noticed whether a
thumbnail updates or not. I did try this. I downloaded a folder with lots
of images, and, while keeping an eye on
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer, I opened the
folder of images. They went from showing generic icons to showing the
images. But the thumbcache*.db files didn't change, neither by size nor
date modified. It's magic. Does refreshing the folder that holds your
image
do anything? There's another file
(C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\IconCache.db) that might be relevant,
too. It seems to update more frequently.

"DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7BF2CE61-66C7-4F00-99CA-AC4402991E5F@microsoft.com...
> FYI, the files dated last month were the current thumbnails (cache). Why
> Vista does not reflect the latest change to certain files is beyond my
> reasoning.
>
> "DBYurtoy" wrote:
>
>> That seems like an awful lot of work to accomplish what the old thumbnail
>> refresh did in XP. I thought Vista was supposed to be more advanced
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> "dean-dean" wrote:
>>
>> > In Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools, you can use Disk
>> > Cleanup to
>> > remove the Thumbnails cache. It will start over from there.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:FDA96E53-6654-4D63-BEC9-648B9548BF49@microsoft.com...
>> > >I found the cache, but it is apparently not the latest data since the
>> > >file
>> > > date on all of the is one week to one month old. Is there another
>> > > place
>> > > these
>> > > thumbnails are stored?
>> > >
>> > > "Buellpilot" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Look in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
>> > >>
>> > >> You will find a thumbnail cache there.
>> > >>
>> > >> Set explore to show hidden files and protected OS files
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:30CBB7C0-E616-4285-9B2D-9D5F14566CAE@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the
>> > >> > file
>> > >> > using
>> > >> > other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no
>> > >> > option
>> > >> > to
>> > >> > refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > How do I solve this?
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >

I love you buellpilot :-)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was getting so frustrated not
being able to view thumbnails of my image instead of the stupid ocean scene
and this simple post of yours made me look at "tools/folder options/view"
where I saw that the box was checked next to "Always show icons, never
thumbnails". I unchecked it and, voila, I see my darn images in the folder
now!!!

Now I just want to know why this box was checked as the default on this new
laptop of mine - UGH!!!!!! What brainiac decided that should be the setting?!

:-)

~Barb

"Buellpilot" wrote:

>
>
> Look in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
>
> You will find a thumbnail cache there.
>
> Set explore to show hidden files and protected OS files
>
>
> "DBYurtoy" <DBYurtoy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30CBB7C0-E616-4285-9B2D-9D5F14566CAE@microsoft.com...
> > After viewing a folder and Vista makes thumbnails, changing the file using
> > other programs does not update the thumbnail image. There is no option to
> > refresh the image. There is no thumbs.db file to delete.
> >
> > How do I solve this?
>
>
>